"Ugh...what?" groaned Oscar as he awoke outside of the city along with the other Eiherjer. "What...how did we?"
"Are you okay, Oscar?" Teresa asked.
"Yes, Teresa. I am fine. But… How are we out of Leonora's vessel?" Oscar asked. "That couldn't have happened unless she released us."
"I believe as she was captured along side the others, she released us as a measure that we would rescue her along with her friends." Uhai said.
"I see...so it was a planned countermeasure. So they could escape even if they were captured. That is our miss Leonora." Oscar said.
"The last time this happened, she was frozen solid by Shiva. We had to rely on the others for help, but we're on our own now." Berkut said.
"Yes. And I can feel Leonora's power. She's somewhere in there." Teresa said pointing to the large castle made of cake.
"This place is very obscure. I have never seen so many sweets in one place, let alone used as architecture." Rudolf said.
"In any case, we will need to very very cautious now. If we die as we are now, our souls will be lost forever." Rinea said.
"Yes. Being a lone soul is nothing to laugh at." said a voice as they saw Brook. "Yohohoho! So...I can take it...we're allies in this?"
"Brook? How did you make it out?" Elbert asked.
"I was inspecting the town when we split off. I didn't hear about Luffy's capture till just recently." Brook said. "I've come here to free my captain. I'll beat my life on it. Though I've already died once. Yohohoho!"
"Erm… So have we, in case you forgot." Fernand said. "But in any case, we're the only ones capable of this rescue. If we fail, all will be lost."
They charged into the castle before they heard sounds.
"Wait...is there other fighting going on here?" Oscar said before seeing a chess soldier shot through the wall.
"Such strength…!" Uhai gasped.
"Brook, it seems you're safe." a voice said as a familiar fishman appeared.
"Jimbei! What's going on here?" Brook asked.
"This...is a rebellion." Jimbei said sending more soldiers flying. "So I have to save Luffy and the others."
"That's good. Any idea where they might be?" Oscar asked.
"There's a prison library under this castle. They might have been taken there." Jimbei said.
"If that's the case, then one of the rooms in this castle should have the passageway there." Uhai said.
"We'll just have to search all the rooms until we find a passage. Let's start here." Oscar said opening a door where they saw a present with a fuse on top before he shut it as it exploded. "Why would they even have a room like that?"
"You're not hurt, are you Oscar?" Teresa asked.
"Yes, I am fine, sister." Oscar said.
"Hey! I found a set of stairs in this room!" Fernand said as they followed them down to a large library where they saw the members trapped inside book like prisons.
"Brook! And...Jimbei!" Luffy said.
"And Leonora's Eiherjer! Guess it was a good idea to let them outside when we were captured." Takeshi said.
"Hey! They aren't supposed to be down here!" one of the chess soldiers said as they charged at the incoming help.
"Begone!" Oscar and Teresa shouted as they fought back against them.
"What bizarre prisons." Erbert said.
"One of Big Mom's children's Devil Fruit powers. We're literally stuck in the pages of books." Sunset said.
"How do we get them out?" Uhai said.
"These are books...perhaps burning them will get them out." Berkut said.
"Right." Rinea said setting the books on fire as the cages burned away, freeing all of the captured members.
"Thank you guys! I gotta go!" Luffy shouted as he took off on his own.
"*sigh* There he goes again." David said. "Although… I think I know what this is about."
"What is it about?" Rinea asked.
"Sanji's bride came and taunted us in this cell. This wedding is a sham. They're going to kill him." Miles said.
"This happened back when we were in Mario's world, too. Although, I remember things happening much more differently there." Miu said.
"Yeah. Last time we went through this, Ty and I were snooping in on her. We even saw Sanji in tears when he found out. Poor guy…" Zelos said.
"Yeah. He wanted to get this over with so we wouldn't worry about him. But the truth hurts." Hope said.
"It's gonna hurt more if Sanji isn't warned! WAIT UP, LUFFY!" Eddy shouted as he prepared to run after the rubber man, only to be held back by Jexi.
"No...I think he should go back alone." Jexi said.
"Huh?" Eddy asked.
"Believe us, Sanji will figure this out on his own. For now, we just need to do our part." Zelos said.
"Of course...Brulee!" Moltar said. "We need to get our friends out of the mirror before anything else."
"Once again, you're forgetting who's even IN the damn thing." David said.
"He's right, Moltar. Believe me, I'm worried about Colette, too… But if she's able to snap me back to normal, then we don't really have much to worry about." Lloyd said.
"Lloyd's right. We saw it for ourselves back in the World of Light." Chrysalis said.
"Plus, they've already succeeded." Jexi said pointing to a nearby mirror showing the group inside waving with a tied up and bagged Brulee.
"Sorry we're late. I hope we didn't make you guys worry too much." Colette said.
"Nope, not at all." Hope said.
"So, now that we've captured Brulee, what should we do next?" Frosta asked.
"Luffy will definitely make up with Sanji. But the Vinsmokes...there's no way he's going to just let them die, even after what they've done." Sci-Twi said. "So...we need to make an alliance."
"It irks me to even suggest the idea, but I don't think we have the luxury of choice here." David said.
"Yeah. There's only one guy we can ask on this place for help." Hope said. "Capone "Gang" Bege."
"Capone? Seriously? One of the guys who forced us into this place?" Scarlet asked.
"Trust us...he's not our best choice either. But we don't have a lot of options here." Kirito said.
"Yeah...guess we gotta talk with him." Jexi sighed.